First and foremost i have been aware of the Thrasher brand from around 1986, yes i am a newbie here but i have a long story to tell, which i will share with you all in good time through my experiences and my expertise. Firstly though an introduction.

My name is Dean Cruddace and i first got hooked on skating as i have mentioned in 86, my first grab was on a £4.99 plastic piece of shit, a little red skinny thing bought for my brother for HIS birthday, he showed no interest in it, but i took to it like a fish (yes i know but you get the metaphor). Admittedly a smalll fish as i was brand new and the lumps and bumps came thick and fast. That feeling that you get though, the one that never leaves you... yes you know what i am talking about, grabbed me then.

I am not going to bore you with my story, unless you ask me directly, instead this is a "hello" and i am here to give back to the community that gave me so many unbelieveable years of experience (life and otherwise) through the power of one shared experience.

Please be warned: If you bring an ego i am going to shoot you down with shit, it has NO place in skateboarding and it NEVER will, Skating is an expression and channel of expression that only the very few will experience. If you are looking at this as a "cool thing to do" you have no place, you have no meaning and you will wander through life without purpose.

As an expression that live though decades "I will skate til i die"

If i offend anyone along the way i will explain why, the majority of my experience has been gained through immense experience. I am underground for the love of our sport and i will remain there, yes i have touched close cloth on the other side but i chose ito remain here in the unknown.

For the more adventurous among you, you may want to find out "Who i am" let me save you the trouble. I am currently running my own Limited business out of Sunderland in the UK, i am not going as far as to spam this forum other than to say you have enough to go on with me publishing my real name.

i'm confused. what are you giving back and who are you helping and how?

I am giving back about 24 years of experience, how about you? you did not introduce yourself.

i am still not sure how you are giving it back? i guess it is just too vague for me to understand.

hi, my name is eby.

#trollfail

so you were trolling?

No sir, but when your mommy let`s you reply to this you will realize when you read it back through that it was i ithat was offering to give back, but if a fucknut like you is stopping the "Skating" community progress then i suggest you are the troll.. Please add to your insignifcant post count with a timely and aptly pre-pubescent post count.

i'm confused. what are you giving back and who are you helping and how?

I am giving back about 24 years of experience, how about you? you did not introduce yourself.

i am still not sure how you are giving it back? i guess it is just too vague for me to understand.

hi, my name is eby.

#trollfail

so you were trolling?

No sir, but when your mommy let`s you reply to this you will realize when you read it back through that it was i ithat was offering to give back, but if a fucknut like you is stopping the "Skating" community progress then i suggest you are the troll.. Please add to your insignifcant post count with a timely and aptly pre-pubescent post count.

i know i am feeding the trolls by responding to this, but here goes anyway...

first, tell me how i am stopping the progress of the "skating" community. you made some claims, i asked for some clarification, you got butt hurt for no good reason. what is this post count you are talking about? i have been on these forums for years, you have been on for a couple hours, are your mad that mine is bigger than yours? get over it. you are boring. please do yourself a favor and go away.